When James Henry Houk was born on 28 June 1829, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, his father, Michael Houk, was 51 and his mother, Ellenor Donan, was 50. He married Elizabeth Hall on 1 March 1860, in Kentucky, United States. He lived in Hart, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Kansas, United States in 1870. He died on 25 April 1902, in Pleasant View Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pleasant View Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Americanized form of Dutch Hoek .
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